“He [Ronaldo] came here when I was 13. That was seven years ago. We’d do like Christmas dinner with everybody – soccer player, basketball players. I was sitting with him at the table.

“I was like 16 when I met him and I was so nervous. I couldn’t even talk so I didn’t ask anything.

“One thing I wanted to, you know, always was to drive one of his cars. He has so many cars. Amazing car collection. I love cars.”

Before focusing solely on basketball, Doncic confirmed he played football for four or five years and was primarily used as a striker with the Slovenian even comparing himself to no one else but Swedish superstar Zlatan Ibrahimovic.